Abstract
CONSIDERABLE attention has recently been paid to a separation method for gases and liquids, which involves thermal diffusion and syphon action. In particular, the experiments of Clusius and Dickel1 with carbon dioxide–hydrogen, and bromine–helium mixtures may be mentioned, while promising results in the separation of isotopes have also been reported2. Further, the same method gives good separations with aqueous solutions of inorganic salts3 and mixtures of organic liquids4.
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Clusius and Dickel, Naturwiss., 26, 546 (1938).
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Clusius and Dickel, loc cit. in 2.
Korsching and Wirtz, Naturwiss., 27, 110 (1939).
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TAYLOR, D., RITCHIE, M. Demonstration of Thermal Diffusion in Liquids. Nature 145, 670 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145670a0
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